Death-Free Diets vs. Regenerative Food of the Future w/ Mollie Engelhart | 547 | Luke Storey

You may have heard, Mollie Engelhart’s name is in the news.
A second generation restaurateur, chef Mollie Engelhart leads two locations of her Sage Regenerative Kitchen in Southern California and has opened a sprawling homesteader/hosting/hospitality business here in Texas, Sovereignty Ranch. But the internet pitchforks are out over her shift to regenerative farming.
A vegetarian herself, and longtime vegan, Mollie took it upon herself to learn the intricacies of farming – a practice made familiar by her father and a life spent in the food industry. In doing so, she realized the pitfalls of veganism and the potential benefits of regenerative farming.
Our conversation covers this shift in ideology – and in menu offerings – which has ignited fury among the staunch vegan community, how and why she was called to make such a change, working through protests at her restaurants, and what it could mean for her business in the future.
We also talk about her experience running brick-and-mortar restaurants in the epicenter of squashed rights, the red-pill moment which led to clashes with her own staff, and our shared pull to Texas, to freedom, and the differences in bureaucracy we’ve seen since relocating here.
Mollie is passionate and informed, a killer combo for anyone looking to shake up well-established norms and expectations. Her methods are the future, and her voice is one we’ll be hearing a lot more of in the coming months and years.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 — 1: Opening
00:00:00 — 2: Mollie Engelhart on Her Background in Veganism
00:15:45 — 3: Revealing the Hard Truths Related to Farming
00:29:57 — 4: Intro to the Wide Benefits of Regenerative Farming
00:58:59 — 5: Swift Blowback After Announcing a Reversal on Veganism
01:20:50 — 6: Issues & Opportunities in Modern Meat Processing
01:34:28 — 7: Surviving as an LA Restaurant During the Plandemic
02:07:14 — 8: Spreading the Good Word of Regenerative Farming
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